Container closure



March 24, 1936. T, MCPHAH.

CONTAINER CLOSURE Filed April 23, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lnvenlbr T/ieodore MYaz'l 1 A ltomcy Patented Mar. 24, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER CLOSURE Theodore McPhail, Fort Hancock, N. J.

Application April 23, 1935, Serial No. 17,851

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in closures for receptacles, the same being an improvement on my co-pending application Serial No. 13,557, filed March 28, 1935, on

5 Container closures.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a container closure of the automatic opening and closing type which will be of simple construction to manufacture so that the demand 10 for such an article can be satisfied at a low pecuniary consideration.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader.

In the drawings:

15 Figure 1 is a top plan view of the closure.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the closure applied to a container.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken subv stantially on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

20 Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the container and closure in inverted position.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the dome of the closure removed from the container.

25 Figure 6 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents a container for rice, sugar, coffee, tea, or various other articles which is provided with a threaded upper portion 6 over which the threaded annulus or ring I is engageable.

Numeral 8 represents a cone-shaped dome the apex portion of which is rounded off. This dome 35 is secured to the ring I and is provided in its side with a plurality of substantially triangularshaped openings 9. These openings are more specifically of frusto-triangular shape and over each a similarly shaped closure plat'e I is disposed and secured by a hinge H to the dome 8. The lower edge of each closure plate I0 is provided with a depending apron I2 to engage over a portion of the ring I in the manner substantially shown in Figure 2 and it will be observed that the closure plate I0 is of such dimensions as to overlap the edge portion of the dome at the opening 9.

The hinge l I is of such construction as to permit the sections thereof to move only a limited 10 distance as shown in Figure 6, as when the container is tilted or inverted to the position shown in Figure 4.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size, and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A closure for containers comprising an annulus provided with a dome-shaped structure secured thereto having a plurality of spaced openings therein, the lower edge of the openings being adjacent the upper edge portion of the annulus, a gravitable closure secured to the dome structure adjacent the upper edge'of each opening to close the opening when the closure is on a receptacle in upright position, said closures being hingedly secured to the dome-shaped structure at its upper edge by means of a, hinge, the lower portion of said closures extending downwardly over a portion of the annulus, and. each of said hinges being provided with a stop limiting the opening of the respective closure with respect to said dome.

THEODORE MOPHAIL. 

